Polestar Pilates Principles: 1. Breath. 2. Axial
Elongation and Core Control Exam
Questions And Answers
Diaphragm Connects to: -
correct answer ✅lumbar spine, central tendon & ribs
Diaphragm contracts (domes) during -
correct answer ✅inhalation
Diaphragm relaxes (flattens) during -
correct answer ✅exhalation
Movement facilitates _____________________ -
correct answer ✅breath
Breath facilitates ___________________ -
correct answer ✅movement
# cervical vertebrae -
correct answer ✅7
# thoracic vertebrae -
correct answer ✅12
,Polestar Pilates Principles: 1. Breath. 2. Axial
Elongation and Core Control Exam
Questions And Answers
# lumbar vertebrae -
correct answer ✅5
Muscles of inspiration -
correct answer ✅diaphragm, external intercostals, accessory
muscles
accessory muscles of insipration -
correct answer ✅sternocleidomastoid & scalenes
Muscles of expiration -
correct answer ✅Abdominals, internal intercostals, pelvic floor
muscles
pelvic floor muscular sling -
correct answer ✅pubococcygeus
costo-transverse joint -
correct answer ✅articulation of tubercle of rib to transverse
process of vertebra below
, Polestar Pilates Principles: 1. Breath. 2. Axial
Elongation and Core Control Exam
Questions And Answers
Costo-vertebral joint -
correct answer ✅the head of each rib articulates with 2 adjacent
vertebrae and the disk between them
bucket handle movement -
correct answer ✅Elevation of ribs- increase in lateral (transverse)
diameter of thoracic cavity
pump handle movement -
correct answer ✅Elevation of the Sternal End of the Rib, when the
vertebral end moves. Increasing the anterior to posterior diameter
of the Thorax
What ribs move as bucket handle -
correct answer ✅2-10
What ribs move as pump handle -
correct answer ✅2-6
Elongation and Core Control Exam
Questions And Answers
Diaphragm Connects to: -
correct answer ✅lumbar spine, central tendon & ribs
Diaphragm contracts (domes) during -
correct answer ✅inhalation
Diaphragm relaxes (flattens) during -
correct answer ✅exhalation
Movement facilitates _____________________ -
correct answer ✅breath
Breath facilitates ___________________ -
correct answer ✅movement
# cervical vertebrae -
correct answer ✅7
# thoracic vertebrae -
correct answer ✅12
,Polestar Pilates Principles: 1. Breath. 2. Axial
Elongation and Core Control Exam
Questions And Answers
# lumbar vertebrae -
correct answer ✅5
Muscles of inspiration -
correct answer ✅diaphragm, external intercostals, accessory
muscles
accessory muscles of insipration -
correct answer ✅sternocleidomastoid & scalenes
Muscles of expiration -
correct answer ✅Abdominals, internal intercostals, pelvic floor
muscles
pelvic floor muscular sling -
correct answer ✅pubococcygeus
costo-transverse joint -
correct answer ✅articulation of tubercle of rib to transverse
process of vertebra below
, Polestar Pilates Principles: 1. Breath. 2. Axial
Elongation and Core Control Exam
Questions And Answers
Costo-vertebral joint -
correct answer ✅the head of each rib articulates with 2 adjacent
vertebrae and the disk between them
bucket handle movement -
correct answer ✅Elevation of ribs- increase in lateral (transverse)
diameter of thoracic cavity
pump handle movement -
correct answer ✅Elevation of the Sternal End of the Rib, when the
vertebral end moves. Increasing the anterior to posterior diameter
of the Thorax
What ribs move as bucket handle -
correct answer ✅2-10
What ribs move as pump handle -
correct answer ✅2-6
